A Change.org petition concerning the Met Opera's opening gala... and Putin's anti-gay insanity.
My friend, composer (Charles) Andrew Rudin, has started a petition:
"The Metropolitan Opera: Dedicate 9/23 Opening Gala to support of LGTB people."
"Peter Illyich Tchaikowsky is the beloved composer most widely known to have been homosexual and to have suffered for it in his lifetime. For America's leading opera house to open its season with one of his works, performed by a conductor and a leading soprano who support Putin's recent laws against homosexual people and those who support them dishonors the work of a great artist and his legacy as well as the progress made in our own country to secure equality for all citizens."
The petition is here:
http://www.change.org/petitions/the-metropolitan-opera-dedicate-9-23-opening-gala-to-support-of-lgtb-people?utm_campaign=share_button_action_box&utm_medium=facebook&utm_source=share_petition
Hope you'll sign.
(Should this go in General Discussion?)
